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The state covers basic services for vulnerable residents, including things like air purifiers for kids with asthma. But nonprofits offering the services struggle to work within the health care system.
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Folic acid reduces the risk of birth defects and the FDA requires that bakers include it in enriched bread. California could extend the mandate to tortillas and foods made with corn masa flour.
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Since the beginning of the outbreak in Feb. 2022, 7 million birds have been euthanized in California. More than half of those were in Merced County.
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Many health experts, community advocates and lawmakers had hoped the federal judge would delay his decision to allow for more time for UCSF, Adventist and Madera County to develop a competing offer on the hospital.
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A judge on Tuesday approved a plan by American Advanced Management to operate Madera Community Hospital, capping off a lengthy day of hearings and a year of legal hurdles for the bankrupt hospital.
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UCSF Health and Adventist Health have developed a potential plan to purchase the shuttered Madera Community Hospital as a separate deal currently makes its way through court.
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The new regulations could save thousands of lives from deadly air pollution, according to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's calculations.
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Scientists say gene-editing technology may eradicate a mosquito in the U.S. that spreads dengue and other diseases. Concerns remain about the possible environmental impact of bioengineered mosquitoes.
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While in Congress, Kevin McCarthy helped direct a national spotlight toward the fungal disease.
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As enrollment in Medicare Advantage plans grows, so do concerns about how well the insurance works, including from those who say they have become trapped in the private plans as their health declines.
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More than 1 million immigrants, most lacking permanent legal status, are covered by state health programs. Several states, including GOP-led Utah, will soon add or expand such coverage.
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Farmworkers in the Central Valley often face heightened health risks due to their hard labor, but many don’t have easy access to health care. A group of high-schoolers in Bakersfield are finding solutions on their own.